Ricky Gervais has done it again
There was a moment in last night’s Life’s Too Short — the new BBC/HBO mockumentary about dwarf actor Warwick Davis — that had Rebecca and me in stitches. We were literally crying, it was so funny. (And yes, I do mean that literally — tears of joy were escaping our eyes.) Much as I want to share the joke, I cannot for it had to do with dwarfs and paedophiles, two things of which One Must Not Joke. You will have to experience it yourself.
So, instead, I offer you Liam Neeson’s cameo, still agony-inducing but not quite as bad:
The show is about Warwick Davis (aka Willow, Wicket the Ewok) and his attempt to resurrect his career. Along the way he meets various celebs including, last night, Johnny Depp, who gamely serves himself up on a Gervaisian platter of mockery.
Gervais and Stephen Merchant are the undisputed masters of modern observational comedy. Are you not glad Ricky is hosting the Golden Globes again?
Expect it on HBO in 2012.
Posted on November 18, 2011, in Television. Bookmark the permalink. 10 Comments.
I have not seen this yet, but I am really looking forward to it. It looks great.
I love this clip — but I still cannot forgive Qui-Gon Jinn.
I am totally stoked he’s hosting again. I recently read this bit he wrote about the differences between US and UK humor which I thought was interesting:
http://ideas.time.com/2011/11/09/the-difference-between-american-and-british-humour/
There’s a hilarious clip online where Gervais has Warwick Davis in a frog suit.
“I’ve got AIDS, do you want to know how I got it? From a well known homosexual actor.”
Genius!
I can’t get enough of Gervais. He’s awesome.
Maybe it’s just me but I felt like the show was trying to be like The Office a tad too much. I loved the scene above but the rest of the show was a little disappointing honestly. It just seemed to be trying too hard.
I downloaded the first three episodes so maybe the next one gets better.
Don’t get me wrong, it was funny. Just not quite as great as portrayed.
I’m OK with Gervais as long as he never, ever performs stand up comedy again.
We just watched Ghost Town last night. Gervais is amazing. I’ll be checking this out.
Ghost Town was funny. I’d forgotten he was in it until I saw the poster in the Life’s Too Short episode.